JURUPA VALLEY: Care packages to help senior veterans

While sending care packages to troops overseas is a time-honored tradition, Emeritus at Villa De Anza in Jurupa Valley will be delivering them to local senior veterans or their surviving spouses during Memorial Day week in an initiative designed to assist them in staying safely in their homes.

This program is part of a national effort by Emeritus Senior Living to deliver more than 2,000 care packages and provide a helping hand with safety measures for seniors. Called âHeroes Emeritusâ in honor of the veteransâ service, the program is underway now and runs through Memorial Day, May 27.

The Heroes Emeritus care packages include nightlights, first aid kits, medication management containers, water bottles, healthy snacks, and other items that make a seniorâs daily life and home more secure. In addition to delivering the packages, the Emeritus team will perform a home safety check to ensure the living environment is free of any potential hazards.

Members of the public who would like to recommend a local senior veteran or veteran spouse for the Heroes Emeritus program can call Emeritus at Villa De Anza at 951-685-3333 or email villadeanza-crd@emeritus.com

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